Mad Collection (page 2)

Boiling a kettle by will power 1932
Major Raymond Phillips with the apparatus, by which he claimed to cause an electrical gramophone or kettle to operate. The human body acted, he said, as an earth

Tatler cover Party Time 1961
Front cover of The Tatler from December 1961 featuring a woman utterly absorbed in playing the drums. Date: 1961

Curious carvings by James Henry Pullen at Earlswood Asylum. Pullen was a 70 year old with a genius for model-making and was patronised by King Edward VII who from time to time sent him tusks of ivory

MAD WOMAN / 1906
Mlle Naegle, a passenger on the New Amsterdam to America, throws another womans baby overboard Date: 1906

GETTING ON A BUS 1981
A mad scramble to get onto a London Routemaster bus! Date: 1981

THE GAMBLER C1810
He loses all... till madness seizes on his fevrish brain A gentleman gambler, deep in debt, raises his fist in impotent rage. Date: circa 1810

NEBUCHADNEZZAR MAD
King of Babylon, late in life he suffers a mysterious illness which requires him to adopt a vegetarian diet, and his behaviour becomes animal like for a while Date: 604 - 562 BC

Repeating Pattern - Alice in Wonderland characters. *PLEASE NOTE that the magnifying glass is solely to show the detail of the repeating pattern and will not feature on the final file.*

Lunatic Asylum humour - Upside down wheelbarrow
Visitor to Dottieville Lunatic Asylum which is undergoing structural improvements (to harmless lunatic who is extremely busy wheeling a barrow upside down)

Philip I the Handsome (1478-1506). King of the Netherlands (1482-1506) and Castile (1504-1506), married to Joanna the Mad. Painting

Mohammed Abdullah Hassan, The Mad Mullah
Mohammed Abdullah Hassan, Somali religious and nationalist leader, nicknamed The Mad Mullah by the British. He was a Moslem fanatic, claiming to be the incarnation of Mahomet

Two secenes of Mae Murray in the film Jazzmania and one of Pola Negri in Mad Love, 1923 Date: 1923

Joanna of Castile with her parents, Isabella and Ferdinand
Isabella I of Castile (1451-1504), queen of Castille and Leon, Ferdinand II of Aragon (1452-1516) and their daughter Joanna of Castile(1478-1555), known as Joan the Mad

House of Fools of Love by Francisco Quevedo. Illustration
Francisco de Quevedo y Villegas (1580-1645). Spanish writer. House of Fools of Love. Illustration. Printed in 1895. Private collection

Cartoon, The Mad Dog of Europe, WW1
Cartoon, America should help to catch the mad dog of Europe (a quotation from the New York Press). Showing an allegorical America driving out Kaiser Wilhelm II. Date: 1915

Gyroscopic Wheel Unicycle of E J Christie
A New Terror of the Road - the quite remarkable invention of Professor E. J. Christie of marion Ohio - a huge Gyroscopic Wheel Unicycle

Form at a Glance. WW1, H. M. Bateman cartoon
" Form at a Glance: THE VISITOR: Whats his trouble? THE ASYLUM DOCTOR: Oh; hes trying to calculate how many times " Form fours!" has been ordered since the war broke out

CATHERINE of Aragon (1485-1536). Queen of England (1509-1536), first wife of Henry VIII (1509).; Isabella I the Catholic (1451-1504)

Die Herren der Welt (The Masters of the World. When the kings of industry are mad, the common people suffer), cover of Simplicissimus magazine, 1922. Critique of the power of big industries

Cartoon, The Glorious Twelfth -- the Bird to be brought down this August being not a Grouse but a Mad Eagle. A comment on the warmongering Kaiser Wilhelm II

Mad dog?. Illustration shows a dog wearing a sombrero labeled Mexican Revolution jumping and barking, stirring up a cloud of dust; Uncle Sam approaches from the left drawing a gun from its holster

Shaman of Yakutsk, Russia
Shaman of Yakutsk - the capital city of the Sakha Republic, Russia. Among the Siberian Chukchis peoples, a shaman is interpreted as someone who is possessed by a spirit who demands that someone

The Asylum, Peckham
Peckham House on the High Street, Peckham - a Metropolitan Licensed Mad House Date: Date unknown

A case of mistaken insanity: wrongly admitted to the asylum
A cunning lunatic dupes the staff at a mental institution into taking his irate captor into the incurables ward instead of himself. Date: 1838

Baby feeding directly from a goat
An Indian Baby feeds directly from a goat in possibly the most bizarre and unsettling postcard ever produced.... Date: circa 1920s

Admiral Rozhestvensky, Russian naval officer
Admiral Zinovy Petrovich Rozhestvensky (1848-1909), nicknamed Mad Dog, Russian naval officer, seen here in uniform at the time of the Russo-Japanese War. Date: circa 1904-1905

Satire on the call for more rights for Women
Men Only. A strange satire on the Womens Suffrage Movement, based around the Alice stories by Lewis Carroll. The Duchess (representing the vocal elder Womens rights activists) is demanding cake

Madman in Mad House
A mental patient, confined in a strait-jacket, is chained barefoot in a small bare cell - a warder opens the door for a visitor to see the wretch, perhaps a one-time friend

Air Wonder Stories scfi magazine cover, Drying up a lake
THE THUNDERER (A H Johnson) The Thunderer (a typical mad scientist) dries up a lake to demonstrate what he can do if his demands are not met

Caricature, Carl Rosa, musical impresario
Caricature, Carl Rosa (1842-1889), German-born musical impresario who founded the Carl Rosa Opera Company. Don t get near him, Mr Snazelle, while he is like this! 1884

Crazy theatrical costume from the early 20th century, part Eastern, part mythical, part Cumberland sausage...!! Date: circa 1910s

Misfitz - Alice in Wonderland - The Mad Hatter. early 20th century

Cartoon, Mrs Weldon in her latest role -- Mad? Not much. Georgina Weldon (1837-1914), classical singer, was frequently involved in lawsuits and libel cases with others

Maria I (1734-1816) Queen of Portugal, Brazil and Algarves. Peter III of Portugal (1717-1786). Engraving. 19th century. Colored

Joanna of Castile (1479-1555). Queen in her own right of the
Joanna of Castile (1479-1555), know as Joanna the Mad. Queen in her own right of the Castille from 1504 and of Aragon from 1516. Engraving by M. Weber. La Ilustracion Artistica, 1886. Colored

Pedro Marcuello offers his Cancionero to Philip the Handso
Pedro Marcuello offers his Cancionero to Philip I of Castile (1478-1506), known as Philip the Handsome and Joanna of Castile (1479-1555), known as Joan the Mad, in 1502

The Frenzy of Orlando by Ludovico Ariosto. First Chant. Engr
Ludovico Ariosto (1474-1533). Italian poet. The Frenzy of Orlando. First Chant. Engraving depicting all the characters of the poem, by Girolamo Porro. Printed in Venice, 1583

The Frenzy of Orlando by Ludovico Ariosto
Ludovico Ariosto (1474-1533). Italian poet. The Frenzy of Orlando. Argument and allegory of the Third Chant. Venice, 1598

Charles VI the Beloved. The madness of Charles VI
Charles VI the Beloved (1368-1422). King of France (1380-1422). The madness of Charles VI. Fifteenth-century miniature of the Chronique d Enguerrand de Monstrelet. Chateau de Chantilly. France

Music cover, Lady Henriette, ballet by Deldevez
Music cover, Lady Henriette, ballet in three acts, Valse des Fous, music by Deldevez. circa 1840s

Marietta - Venice, Italy
Marietta a mad of Venice in Italy. Date: 1916

Neil Douglas, Preacher
he reverend NEIL (or Niel) DOUGLAS Poet and preacher, taken to court for comparing the mad George III to Nebuchadnezzar but acquitted. Date: 1750 - 1823

James Beattie, Writer 2
JAMES BEATTIE Scottish poet ( The minstrel ) of no great merit, and moral philosopher (of even less); sadly, his wife went mad. Date: 1735 - 1803

James Beattie, Writer
JAMES BEATTIE Scottish poet ( The minstrel ) of no great merit, and moral philosopher (of even less); his wife went mad. Date: 1735 - 1803

James Beattie, Writer 3
JAMES BEATTIE Scottish poet ( The minstrel ) of no great merit, and moral philosopher (of even less); sad to say, his wife went mad. Date: 1735 - 1803

Charles VI Le Bien-Aime
CHARLES VI LE BIEN-AIME ( the Well-Beloved ) but also LE FOU ( the Mad ) because he believed himself made of glass : he was Henry Vs father-in-law. Date: 1368 - 1422

Hunter Shows Prowess
English eccentric John Mytton (1796-1834) renowned for his sporting prowess & reckless behaviour successfully negotiates some high railings. Date: 1820s

Posada, Cover design, El Rey Que Rabio
Cover design, El Rey Que Rabio -- The King Who Went Mad, a comic zarzuela (Spanish operetta) with lyrics by Miguel Ramos Carrion and Vital Aza, and music by Ruperto Chapi

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